If you approach a movie like this with an open mind and a "naive" point
of view, "Blood Of The Vampires" is fairly good in a drive-in
movie/grind-house way. The lead actors and actresses look good; there's
a little bit of money spent on sets and costumes; lots of people get
bitten on the neck (which is the whole point of a grind-house vampire
film); there's a nice apocalyptic climax at the end where the power of
the Church summarily disposes of the threat (along with the obligatory
castle fire). Even the dubbing into English is decent - yes there are
more than a few lip-syncing gaffes, but the English voice actors
apparently got to rehearse and keep their best takes, so you don't have
to deal with the irritating tin-eared line deliveries that plague most
Asian and Italian imports.

On the other hand...the plot falls apart like wet tissue paper. Most of
the events of the 2nd half of the movie would have been prevented if
the old guy had remembered to LOCK THE DOOR to the catacomb where he
kept his vampire wife. Or just kept her chained up in the first
place.And also to actually keep an eye on his son when he KNEW his son
had been bitten. And what's with the Filipinos playing the servants in
black-face? Would it have been so hard to actually get black actors?
And this is supposed to be a hacienda in Mexico, not a plantation in
Carolina...wouldn't there be Latino servants be default?

The Cinematic Titanic crew have a lot of fun with this one...it's
perfect fodder for the kind of wisecracking and sarcasm they do so
well. CT isn't quite up to the mark set by the best episodes of Mystery
Science Theater,since they don't have the lunacy of the bumper episodes
to pump up the energy of the viewing experience (say,"Manos" or
"Eegah!) ...but ripe movie episodes like this, by virtue of their
inherent lunacy, are just as enjoyable as lesser episodes from MST
(like "Time Chasers" or "Quest of the Delta Knights".)

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